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Yahoo Japan Data Breach: 22M Accounts Exposed
Yahoo breach could have compromised 10% of all Yahoo user credentials. Meanwhile, Syrian Electronic Army targets The Financial Times.
How Password Strength Meters Can Improve Security
Color-coded password-strength meters nudge users to improve the strength of their important passwords, but have little effect on unimportant ones,...
Google, DISA Launch User ID Pilot
Defense Department and Google pilot test seeks more secure ways to authenticate users on commercial cloud services.
Google Glass Alarms Lawmakers
Members of Congress want answers about the device and its privacy implications.
Who Is Syrian Electronic Army: 9 Facts
Syrian hackers claim to battle American imperialism, media bias and Angelina Jolie.
Smartphone Theft: What Is Best Defense?
While mobile network operators are creating a global database to track stolen smartphones, some police say that's not enough. New York's Attorney...
LulzSec Hackers Sentenced In London
Group's 50-day hacking spree compromised websites run by Sony, CIA, Arizona State Police, Westboro Baptist Church and more.
DHS Eyes Sharing Zero-Day Intelligence With Businesses
DHS proposal would give private businesses access to the government's stockpile of zero-day secrets for a fee. But some say the program may...
VMware Fights Android BYOD Headaches
VMware's BYOD ambitions kick into gear through its partnership with Verizon. But is the virtualization heavyweight making its mobile management...
LulzSec Hacker 'Pirates' Face Sentencing
Four members of Anonymous spinoff faced sentencing Wednesday for leaking data and launching distributed denial of service attacks against Sony,...
FBI Briefs Bank Executives On DDoS Attack Campaign
FBI expedited security clearances so it could share classified info on Operation Ababil, a distributed denial of service attack that continues to...
3 Big Mistakes In Security Incident Response
Avoid these common "tunnel vision" mistakes when investigating a breach or hack.
U.S. Cyber Command Chief To Keynote Black Hat 2013
Success in national security is measured by how well the government collaborates with partners and customers, says Gen. Keith Alexander, Commander...
Apple iPhone Decryption Backlog Stymies Police
Apple's waiting list to bypass security controls on latest-generation iPhone and iPad devices means months-long delays for law enforcement...
Big Data Alchemy: Turn Info Into Money
Data markets could become a new market category. Here, companies buy, sell or trade data for mutual benefit.
Microsoft Tech Support Scams: Why They Thrive
Readers detail "frozen DNS Trojan" cold calls and "repairs" that lead to $882 in unauthorized wire transfers.
Did You Really Buy A Snowmobile? Big Data Knows
Better data analysis helps banks rile fewer customers while trying to stop credit card fraud.
Hacking Higher Education
The cybersecurity challenge on college campuses lies as much with the students as with malicious outsiders.
Unified Threat Management Vendors Don't Excel
Our survey shows users aren’t fond of UTM appliances.
Huawei CEO Dismisses Security, Spying Concerns
Company founder denies that Huawei employees would ever be forced to spy for China.
British Universities Given Funds For Cyber Security Program
U.K. government provides grants to University of Oxford and Royal Holloway, University of London to fund doctoral programs in cyber security.
8 Indicted On $45 Million Bank Cyberheist Charges
N.Y. men indicted for alleged roles in orchestrated massive global "bank heist" that targeted a MasterCard credit card processor, coordinated mass...
Washington State Courts Reveal Security Breach
State officials don't know when attackers accessed up to 160,000 Social Security and 1 million driver's license numbers stored in unencrypted format.
Google Glass Etiquette: A Work In Progress
Can you stop recording me now? That's one worry early Google Glass users say they're trying to soothe while creating social norms for the...
Senate Bill Calls For Cyberespionage 'Watch List'
In move to ratchet up pressure on China, U.S. would detail what technologies and products are being stolen and which foreign firms benefit.
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